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Although, this year, fire crews sprayed a slightly different type of fire retardant around the Rose Bowl Wednesday in preparation of this year’s Americafest on July 4, Sierra Madre Fire Marshal Richard Snyder said the outcome is all the same, safety. Snyder has for years overseen the yearly spraying of 14,000…

Plastic carryout bags at supermarkets will become a thing of the past in Pasadena starting Sunday as the city’s newly adopted ordinance to discontinue the distribution of plastic carryout bags takes effect. Paper bans will now cost shoppers 10 cents as a way to encourage reusable totes.The move is part of the…

In a turn of events that started in January with the police department saying they had begun encrypting their emergency radio frequency as part of a system upgrade now has the department recanting by announcing Thursday the digital scanner codes for the public to listen to radio calls for service. …

Almost 100 Pasadena postal employees and residents rallied Wednesday morning, including 97 year old Joanna Foster who said she was personal friends with Mack Robinson, the very person The U.S. Post Office’s processing plant in Pasadena, scheduled to close, as early as July 7, was named. “My husband worked…

The Pasadena Police Department’s Air Operations Team touched down for a free Open House event Saturday giving residents a close-up look at the helicopters and other police equipment. Residents also got a chance to learn how Air Operations protects and serves the public. The all-day event attracted hundreds of…

The Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA announced this week plans of expanding its role as a leading animal welfare provider in Los Angeles County by constructing a new $20 million Animal Care Campus on the corner of Raymond Ave. and Del Mar Blvd. The state-of-the-art facility may open as early as January…

Braking News: Gold Line Hits, Kills Pedestrian

Braking News: Gold Line Hits, Kills Pedestrian

By Dean Lee

A southbound Gold Line train leaving the Del Mar Station struck and killed a pedestrian early Friday morning. No one on the train was hurt and all 40 passages were evacuated officials from the Metropolitan Transit Authorities said.

Michael Flowers, 24, of Altadena was found at approximately 5:34 a.m. just west of the tracks on Del Mar Boulevard between Arroyo Parkway and Raymond Avenue according to Pasadena Fire Department Public Information Officer Lisa Derderian. Early reports suggest the victim may have been a transient. Flowers name was released Sunday by the L A County Coroner's Office.

Derderian said paramedics declared the man dead at 5:45 a.m. It was unclear why the man was on the tracks. MTA spokesman Jose Ubaldo said all the crossing signals were working properly.

A spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner said an autopsy was secluded for Sunday. “We won’t know the cause of dead until then.”

Dan Gardner, Sergeant of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, said they were reviewing any video tape that may have captured the incident. They are also interviewing witnesses he said.

“Right now there is an only speculation as to why he may have been on the tracks,” Gardner said including, an accident, suicide or under the influence of drugs.

Ubaldo said the train involved was taken out of service for further investigation, “It was moved to a yard where they continued doing observation.” He said passengers were transported by buss to the next station. Service was restored at 7:54 a.m.

Ubaldo said this was the second fatality, since the Gold Line’s inception in 2003.

“The first was a suicide,” he said. “That was in 2007.” He added that investigators had not ruled out suicide this time either.